[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 107 (Tuesday, September 5, 2006)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8972-S8974]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 13

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 13, a bill to amend 
titles 10 and 38, United States Code, to expand and enhance health 
care, mental health, transition, and disability benefits for veterans, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 241

   At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 241, a bill 
to amend section 254 of the Communications Act of 1934 to provide that 
funds received as universal service contributions and the universal 
service support programs established pursuant to that section are not 
subject to certain provisions of title 31, United States Code, commonly 
known as the Antideficiency Act.


                                 S. 311

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Dodd) was added as a cosponsor of S. 311, a bill to amend title 
XIX of the Social Security Act to permit States the option to provide 
medicaid coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV.


                                 S. 331

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 331, a bill to 
amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for an assured adequate 
level of funding for veterans health care.


                                 S. 407

   At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 407, a bill to 
restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed 
services, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 558

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 558, a bill to amend 
title 10, United States Code, to permit certain additional retired 
members of the Armed Forces who have a service-connected disability to 
receive both disability compensation from the Department of Veterans 
Affairs for their disability and either retired pay by reason of their 
years of military service or Combat-Related Special compensation and to 
eliminate the phase-in period under current law with respect to such 
concurrent receipt.


                                S. 1035

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the names of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Levin), the Senator from North Carolina (Mrs. Dole) and the 
Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Nelson) were added as cosponsors of S. 1035, 
a bill to authorize the presentation of commemorative medals on behalf 
of Congress to Native Americans who served as Code Talkers during 
foreign conflicts in which the United States was involved during the 
20th century in recognition of the service of those Native Americans to 
the United States.


                                S. 1046

  At the request of Mr. Kyl, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. DeMint) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1046, a bill to 
amend title 28, United States Code, with respect to the jurisdiction of 
Federal courts over certain cases and controversies involving the 
Pledge of Allegiance.


                                S. 1324

  At the request of Mr. Frist, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
DeWine) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1324, a bill to reduce and 
prevent childhood obesity by encouraging schools and school districts 
to develop and implement local, school-based programs designed to 
reduce and prevent childhood obesity, promote increased physical 
activity, and improve nutritional choices.


                                S. 1325

  At the request of Mr. Frist, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
DeWine) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1325, a bill to establish grants 
to provide health services for improved nutrition, increased physical 
activity, obesity and eating disorder prevention, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1353

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the names of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton), the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) and the Senator 
from Montana (Mr. Baucus) were added as cosponsors of S. 1353, a bill 
to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the establishment 
of an Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Registry.


                                S. 1423

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1423, a bill to 
provide for a medal of appropriate design to be awarded by the 
President to the next of kin or other representatives of those 
individuals killed as a result of the terrorist attacks of September 
11, 2001.


                                S. 1537

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1537, a bill to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to provide for the establishment of 
Parkinson's Disease Research Education and Clinical Centers in the 
Veterans Health Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs 
and Multiple Sclerosis Centers of Excellence.


                                S. 1948

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1948, a bill to direct the 
Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations to reduce the 
incidence of child injury and death occurring inside or outside of 
passenger motor vehicles, and for other purposes.
  At the request of Mr. Sununu, the name of the Senator from Texas 
(Mrs. Hutchison) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1948, supra.


                                S. 2200

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Ms. 
Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2200, a bill to establish a 
United States-Poland parliamentary youth exchange program, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 2292

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the name of the Senator from Nebraska

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(Mr. Hagel) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2292, a bill to provide 
relief for the Federal judiciary from excessive rent charges.


                                S. 2401

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Obama) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2401, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain energy tax incentives, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 2475

  At the request of Mr. Salazar, the names of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Bayh), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn), the Senator from 
Indiana (Mr. Lugar), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy), the 
Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein) and the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) were added as cosponsors of S. 2475, a bill 
to establish the Commission to Study the Potential Creation of a 
National Museum of the American Latino Community, to develop a plan of 
action for the establishment and maintenance of a National Museum of 
the American Latino Community in Washington, DC, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2503

   At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from 
Arkansas (Mr. Pryor) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2503, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for an extension of 
the period of limitation to file claims for refunds on account of 
disability determinations by the Department of Veterans Affairs.


                                S. 2545

  At the request of Mr. DeWine, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2545, a bill to establish 
a collaborative program to protect the Great Lakes, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2590

  At the request of Mr. Coburn, the names of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Talent), the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Feingold), the Senator 
from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez), the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Hagel), 
the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) and the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Bingaman) were added as cosponsors of S. 2590, a bill to require 
full disclosure of all entities and organizations receiving Federal 
funds.


                                S. 2677

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Lugar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2677, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the investment tax credit with 
respect to solar energy property and qualified fuel cell property, and 
for other purposes.


                                 S.2917

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the names of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Harkin) and the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Dayton) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2917, a bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 
to ensure net neutrality.


                                S. 3490

  At the request of Mr. Santorum, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3490, a bill 
to direct the Secretary of the Interior to initiate and complete an 
evaluation of land and water located in northeastern Pennsylvania for 
future acquisition and inclusion in a potential Cherry Valley National 
Wildlife Refuge, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3535

  At the request of Mr. Talent, the names of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. DeWine) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 3535, a bill to modernize and update the 
National Housing Act and to enable the Federal Housing Administration 
to use risk based pricing to more effectively reach underserved 
borrowers, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3633

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Allard) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3633, a bill to require the 
withholding of United States contributions to the United Nations until 
the President certifies that the United Nations is not engaged in 
global taxation schemes.


                                S. 3652

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3652, a bill to amend the 
definition of a law enforcement officer under subchapter III of chapter 
83 and chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code, respectively, to 
ensure the inclusion of certain positions.


                                S. 3694

  At the request of Mr. Obama, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3694, a bill 
to increase fuel economy standards for automobiles, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 3696

  At the request of Mr. Brownback, the names of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Roberts), the Senator from Arizona (Mr. Kyl) and the Senator from 
Colorado (Mr. Allard) were added as cosponsors of S. 3696, a bill to 
amend the Revised Statutes of the United States to prevent the use of 
the legal system in a manner that extorts money from State and local 
governments, and the Federal Government, and inhibits such governments' 
constitutional actions under the first, tenth, and fourteenth 
amendments.


                                S. 3705

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the names of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Akaka) and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Smith) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 3705, a bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security 
Act to improve requirements under the Medicaid program for items and 
services furnished in or through an educational program or setting to 
children, including children with developmental, physical, or mental 
health needs, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3718

  At the request of Mr. Allen, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3718, a bill to increase 
the safety of swimming pools and spas by requiring the use of proper 
anti-entrapment drain covers and pool and spa drainage systems, by 
establishing a swimming pool safety grant program administered by the 
Consumer Product Safety Commission to encourage States to improve their 
pool and spa safety laws and to educate the public about pool and spa 
safety, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3724

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the names of the Senator from 
Rhode Island (Mr. Reed) and the Senator from Arkansas (Mrs. Lincoln) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 3724, a bill to enhance scientific 
research and competitiveness through the Experimental Program to 
Stimulate Competitive Research, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3737

  At the request of Mr. Lieberman, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3737, a bill 
to amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Washington-
Rochambeau Route National Historic Trail.


                                S. 3765

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Levin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3765, a bill to designate 
Lebanon under section 244(b) of the Immigration and Naturalization Act 
to permit nationals of Lebanon to be granted temporary protected status 
in the United States.


                                S. 3773

  At the request of Mr. Domenici, the names of the Senator from Arizona 
(Mr. Kyl) and the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 3773, a bill to increase the number of Federal 
judgeships, in accordance with recommendations by the Judicial 
Conference, in districts that have an extraordinarily high immigration 
caseload.


                                S. 3795

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3795, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a two-year 
moratorium on certain Medicare physician payment reductions for imaging 
services.


                                S. 3807

  At the request of Mr. Enzi, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
DeWine) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3807, a bill to amend the Public 
Health Service Act and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to 
improve drug safety and oversight, and for other purposes.

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                                S. 3825

  At the request of Mr. Burns, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Mr. 
Stevens) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3825, a bill to end the flow of 
methamphetamine and precursor chemicals coming across the border of the 
United States.


                                S. 3828

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the name of the Senator from Kentucky 
(Mr. Bunning) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3828, a bill to amend 
title 4, United States Code, to declare English as the official 
language of the Government of the United States, and for other 
purposes.


                            S. CON. RES. 71

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 71, a 
concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that States 
should require candidates for driver's licenses to demonstrate an 
ability to exercise greatly increased caution when driving in the 
proximity of a potentially visually impaired individual.


                            S. CON. RES. 97

  At the request of Mr. Salazar, the names of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Jeffords), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy) and the Senator 
from Pennsylvania (Mr. Santorum) were added as cosponsors of S. Con. 
Res. 97, a concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that 
it is the goal of the United States that, not later than January 1, 
2025, the agricultural, forestry, and working land of the United States 
should provide from renewable resources not less than 25 percent of the 
total energy consumed in the United States and continue to produce 
safe, abundant, and affordable food, feed, and fiber.


                            S. CON. RES. 101

  At the request of Mr. Santorum, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. Con. Res. 101, a concurrent resolution condemning the repression of 
the Iranian Baha'i community and calling for the emancipation of 
Iranian Baha'is.


                              S. RES. 494

  At the request of Mr. Santorum, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 494, a resolution 
expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the creation of refugee 
populations in the Middle East, North Africa, and the Persian Gulf 
region as a result of human rights violations.


                              S. RES. 552

  At the request of Mr. Sessions, the names of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein), the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer) 
and the Senator from Utah (Mr. Hatch) were added as cosponsors of S. 
Res. 552, a resolution designating September 2006 as ``National 
Prostate Cancer Awareness Month''.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4764

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4764 
intended to be proposed to H.R. 5631, a bill making appropriations for 
the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2007, and for other purposes.

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